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Key takeaways: Vendor risk management involves the ongoing monitoring of third-party supplier risks and employing appropriate risk-mitigation ...

We’re excited to announce that we’ve hit $100M in cumulative software savings for our customers in just two years.  When you’re starting your own ...

Key takeaways: An IT reseller is a company that buys technology products or services from a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler and then sells ...

Key takeaways: Suppliers offer SaaS pricing strategies that cater to different business models and buyer personas.  Many SaaS suppliers offer more ...

Key takeaways: As SaaS usage and adoption continues to grow, SaaS security concerns grow along with them. Misconfigurations, access management, ...

We’ve had an eventful year at Vendr, closing our $60M Series A in March, growing our team by over 250%, and helping our customers save over $90M+. ...

Key takeaways: A SaaS contract typically includes a license or subscription agreement and a service agreement. A SaaS contract template is a tool ...

Key takeaways: An MSA outlines all possible responsibilities and obligations of both parties and serves as a foundation for all future agreements. On ...

The right tools make every job easier to accomplish. This is especially true for go-to-market (GTM) teams operating a business in the new, hybrid ...

As we head into the final months of 2021, many of us take stock of the year past and begin to make plans for the future. Fortunately, Q4 has had no ...

Key takeaways: Organizations with an unorganized tech stack waste a significant amount of cloud spend. Democratization of purchasing power has let ...

Key takeaways: As SaaS stacks grow, some of the fastest-growing companies have implemented best practices to enhance their SaaS contract management. ...

Key takeaways: Software as a service (SaaS) is a subscription for limited rights to software often located in the cloud. There are two standard types ...

We are thrilled to announce that Vendr has been named winner of KPMG's Private Enterprise Top Tech Innovator U.S. competition! While it's exciting in ...

Key takeaways: As software spending increases yearly, the role of software buyers is becoming increasingly more influential.  There are nine steps to ...

Key takeaways: Supplier relationship management is part of the procurement management process and involves the relationships between buyers and ...

Starting out in Accounting at Sonos, Michael Denari (current Head of Global Spend and Business Systems at Canva) remembers being in the office ...

August has delivered another round of fresh roles in the procurement and finance space, with interesting challenges to be addressed at some of the ...

Supporting the modern engineering team is a multi-faceted job. A thriving department or team — often distributed across the country or the world — ...

Key takeaways: A SaaS security checklist is a comprehensive set of actions and considerations a SaaS buyer should go through before purchasing a new ...

Working with a SaaS buying platform like Vendr is a great step in your company’s procurement journey. Why? It saves you time, money, and frustration ...

Key takeaways: The purchasing process is an integral part of a company’s success.  The purchasing process includes a request for purchase, spend ...

Key takeaways: The procurement management process is a cyclical process of key steps involved with procuring goods or services to ensure teams get ...

SaaS buying is a time-consuming process with a lot of moving parts and players. So it goes without saying, sometimes mistakes happen. Some are the ...

Key takeaways: SaaS agreements define the legal commitments between you and your suppliers in definite terms, so you know exactly what you’re paying ...

Key takeaways: Procurement and purchasing are often confused as being the same, but each serves different purposes within a company.  Purchasing ...

Key takeaways: You don’t need a background in procurement to be a good negotiator. Use the tips below to lead your next purchasing conversation like ...

At Vendr, we're committed to helping finance and procurement folks thrive in their roles. As a result, we started this bi-monthly jobs round-up to ...

Remote security, threat detection, and incident response are some of the most critical issues IT and Security teams face in supporting their ...

No matter your project or mission, having the tools for the job is essential to success.  If it feels like getting a new piece of software in place ...

One of the highlights of our experience at The CFO Leadership Council’s 2021 virtual conference was the chance to share some insights from our ...

Paying attention to the details when onboarding a new supplier is important. What gets less attention — but should command just as much — is what ...

If you made it to The CFO Leadership Council’s 2021 A New Hope conference, you’d probably agree that Toast CFO Elena Gomez's fireside chat was a fan ...

At Vendr, we're committed to helping finance and procurement folks thrive in their roles. As a result, we started this series to publish the latest ...

When you consider your SaaS buying and renewals process, does it make you feel a little... apprehensive? If the thought of going to the negotiating ...

For many years, talented and ground-breaking LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs have fought for equality in employment and business development. They have shared ...

Most everyone knows that sinking feeling of missing a cancellation deadline. An unexpected charge on a corporate card or the "thank you for your ...

If 2020 taught us anything about procurement, it’s that SaaS purchasing will continue to take a larger role in organizations. As the need for ...

When you entrust a supplier with your business, most often, the focus is on features and functionality. It's one of the first stops for negotiation ...

When I started at Vendr in January 2021, we had core values — we just didn’t know them by name yet. Every company does.  Core values are inherent — ...

At Vendr, we're committed to helping finance and procurement folks thrive in their roles. As a result, we started this monthly series to publish the ...

Purchasing software can feel a lot like buying a new car. If you don't have the budget upfront, you can't buy it. Fortunately, we're at work to ...

SaaS spending isn’t slowing down anytime soon — in fact, Gartner predicts it will grow 9.5% YoY. With the industry growing rapidly, finance ...

At Vendr, we're committed to helping finance and procurement folks thrive in their roles. As a result, we started this monthly series to publish the ...

Oftentimes, companies of all sizes have no central tracking for SaaS spend management. We’ve noticed customers ranging from 200 to 2,000 employees ...

Finance forms the backbone of any business. Without the ability to see vital metrics, generate recurring revenue, pay invoices, and keep cash-flow on ...

A SaaS buying agreement is complex yet consists of many areas where negotiation can yield better outcomes. But knowing what you should focus on when ...

These days it’s par for the course for someone to ask, “what do you do?” immediately followed by, “where did you go to school?”  For me, the ...

As some companies opt to continue remote work after COVID-19, the complexity and expense of SaaS continues to rise. Teams that were once in-house ...

While conferences as we knew them might not look the same anymore (bumping elbows with industry friendlies, touring company booths, and getting up ...

In 2020, Reddit’s 700+ person company at the time went through a complex cloud services negotiation. Through a very competitive bid, they saved ...

In the last decade, SaaS has changed almost every aspect of daily life. Whether you’re landing a new client or grabbing a ride home, chances are, ...

After years of analyzing SaaS management software options, we've identified the costliest. Even though it's one of the most commonly-used platforms ...

Data security is a must-have when working with any external supplier. While it’s not usually front page news, it’s important.  With IT spending to ...

Here at Vendr, we are obsessed with becoming the way that companies and people buy SaaS. Software is the lifeblood of every organization and yet ...

In some respects, the differences between a startup and an enterprise company are worlds apart. The vibe of a scrappy, bootstrap startup belies its ...

When you consider the SaaS vendor management systems and practices your company uses today, are you happy with the results? If considering this topic ...

In 2018, Vendr’s founder and CEO Ryan Neu left his sales career of 7+ years to start a new company. For Ryan, entrepreneurship was a force, and he ...

2020 was a bumpy ride to say the least. The pandemic not only created huge shifts in the capital market across industries, it also prompted digital ...

Running your company in 2021 is likely different than you expected. Now, COVID-19 is entering its second year and it’s put capital efficiency top of ...

Large companies and small startups know that it takes good tools to drive growth. They also recognize that inefficient software strategies quickly ...

Is it just me or does the task of finding and buying software for your team feel like searching for a new home office chair after COVID-19 hit?  You ...

We’re proud to announce that we raised $60 million at a $600 million valuation for our Series A. What we’re most excited about: Forever changing the ...

The legal review meeting: the most common point where sales loses control. As a SaaS sales rep, you watch your deal travel off into the abyss and ...

One positive from 2020 is how priorities have shifted - the year has reframed what’s truly important and helped us all better recognize what we’re ...

Back in June, my colleague Ryan Neu wrote about how the Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the software buying process for the better. He argued that ...

If you survey any group of CFOs about which company expenditures currently keep them up at night, many would point to out-of-control SaaS spending. ...

Over the last decade, companies across virtually all sectors have witnessed an explosion of choices in the enterprise software market. Today, there ...

Back in early March, the U.S. was only beginning to grapple with the long term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and so it came as a bit of a shock ...

Right now, the climate is uncertain. We’re all probably feeling that in some way. We’re unsure what’s happening with COVID-19, we’re unsure how long ...

Buying software takes time. Beyond evaluation and internal testing, the typical software approval process can take weeks - for the clients we work ...

The company plans to expand its engineering and customer-facing teams in 2020. Jeff Swank, Head of Vendor Management at Vendr and College of ...

"We've got another Buy Side coming at you today. And this time the topic comes from Ted Bennett an Enterprise Account Executive from Boston-based ...

"Hello, this is Ryan Neu with Vendr and we've got another quick hit for The Buy Side and this topic came about from John Sherer who is a VP of Sales ...

  Topic: How sales people can better navigate procurement "This is Ryan Neu and this is The Buy Side where we provide quick hits to help sales people ...

It may not seem to make sense to bring on Vendr if your company has procurement internally. At the surface, this seems redundant to the job a ...

Whether that's the final meeting after finally hearing the good news that you've been offered the job, the last conversation slated before onboarding ...

We’ve all experienced those email subject lines that catch us off-guard: • Final reminder that your subscription is set to renew. • Your subscription ...

And this makes sense. With the rapid pace of technological change, there are new tools available for every challenge a stakeholder faces. While they ...

Let me explain... Procurement typically represents a company's buying department. Procurement can be a part of someone's role (IT/Finance/BizTech) or ...

Procurement, IT, and Vendor Management leaders are becoming increasingly important as they represent the critical link between organizations' ...